Need For Speed Undercover--Insight, Screenshots, Wallpapers , Official trailer

Nitrous Boosters, Cops , BlackList Racers, Pink slips, Window Tints, Decals, Underglow Neons , Hottie Babes, Drags and Circuits, Cop Chases, Bounty and last but not the least A 100% Adrenaline Rush, The Excitement, The Lush Country Roads, and some Exotic Cars--This is all what you are guaranteed of when u play NFS(Need For Speed) . Here is yet another installment of the most popular Racing Video Game Series the NFS called the NFS Undercover , probably the most awaited game of the year 08 all set to be launched on 18th November 08.

After the not so good performance of the previous version i.e NFS Prostreet , it has become very much important for this series to inflict the same trill and excitement for its customers and thus will have to bounce back in the market. This is what atleast the CEO John Riccitiello hopes!

The game will feature international movie star, Maggie Q , as detective Chase Linh,one of the lead characters of the game. The live-action sequences from Carbon and Most Wanted will return in Undercover. Police chases from previous installments will also return, as well a new Highway Battle mode.

Official trailer NFS Undercover

Plot

The game's story mode sets the player in the story as a police officer going undercover into the criminal underground of Tri-city, a fictional city where the game is set. The player's only contact to the police is Chase Linh, played by Maggie Q.

Police

Little information has been released about Undercover's police system, but it has been confirmed by EA that the police vehicles will include helicopters.

Download the 6.2 mb HQ picture of NFS undercover here

Download the NFS Undercover Official Trailer here


NFS Undercover Car list

The following cars have been viewed in the Need for Speed Undercover Teaser Trailer Note that these cars have not been officially announced by EA.
1995 Mazda RX-7
2009 Nissan GT-R R35
2007 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X
1998 Toyota Supra
2007 Porsche 997 Turbo
2008 Porsche GT2
2004 Aston Martin DB9
2009 Lexus IS-F
2005 BMW E63 M6
2007 Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Roadster
2008 Audi RS5
2002 Dodge Viper GTS
2007 Audi R8
2006 Audi TT

You can find the full list and pics here


Need for Speed Undercover Screenshots

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PARKOUR--The Art of Movement

So how many of you have ever been to the film B13 also known as District 13/Banlieue 13??If you haven't yet then its high time that u do! coz that has been one of the best rated action films and its really fantastic , awesome movie.The fight sequences are outstanding. Now you might be wondering as why this guy talks about this film though there are a handsome no. of films which are more action centric! But heyy there is an interesting part about the film-Its called the art of free running or the PARKOUR!! which the hero David Belle advertises(hint:U might have very well seen the Akshay's Thumbs Up ad where he moves round the buildings--It is referred as Parkour). Now what is PARKOUR--lets check it out.....

Parkour (sometimes abbreviated to PK) or l'art du déplacement(English: the art of movement) is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body. is meant to help one overcome obstacles, which can be anything in the surrounding environment—from branches and rocks to rails and concrete walls—and can be practised in both rural and urban areas. Parkour practitioners are referred to as traceurs, or traceuses for females.

Founded by David Belle in France, parkour focuses on practising efficient movements to develop one's body and mind to be able to overcome obstacles in an emergency.

Parkour is a physical activity that is difficult to categorize. Often miscategorized as a sport or an extreme sport, parkour has no set of rules, team work, formal hierarchy, or competitiveness. On the contrary it is more like an art or discipline that resembles self-defense in the ancient martial arts. According to David Belle, "the physical aspect of parkour is getting over all the obstacles in your path as you would in an emergency. You want to move in such a way, with any movement, as to help you gain the most ground on someone or something, whether escaping from it or chasing toward it." Thus, when faced with a hostile confrontation with a person, one will be able to speak, fight, or flee. As martial arts are a form of training for the fight, parkour is a form of training for the flight.Because of its unique nature, it is often said that parkour is in its own category.

An important characteristic of parkour is efficiency. Practitioners move not only as fast as they can, but also in the most direct and efficient way possible; a characteristic that distinguishes it from the similar practice of free running, which places more emphasis on freedom of movement, such as acrobatics. Efficiency also involves avoiding injuries, short and long-term, part of why parkour's unofficial motto is être et durer (to be and to last). Those who are skilled at this activity normally have an extremely keen spatial awareness.

Traceurs claim that parkour also influences one's thought process by enhancing self-confidence and critical-thinking skills that allow one to overcome everyday physical and mental obstacles. A study by Neuropsychiatrie de l'Enfance et de l'Adolescence in France reflects that French traceurs seek for more sensation and leadership than gymnastic practitioners. The French also have a more narcissistic personality, but one that does not seem to be linked to maladaptive or psychopathologic behaviors. This study runs contrary to the general attitude of the majority of large parkour communities around the world where humbleness and selflessness are common characteristics of practitioners. Traceurs are known for helping others and giving back to their community as evident in the worldwide "Leave No Trace" initiative.

External Links

B13 imdb title

David Belly's official Blog

urbanfreeflow

District13-torrent links

David Belle on Wikipedia

How PARKOUR works

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~Top 10 Funny Football Quotes~

Let's face it. Most football players aren't highly regarded for their intelligence (not to say there aren't some smart guys playing the game). And as a result, the large amount of time they spend in front of a microphone answering questions can lead to some very amusing moments.

In honor of these blunderers, About Football has put together a collection of the more comical quips to escape the lips of college and pro football players, as well as coaches and announcers alike over the years.

1. Joe Theismann, ESPN Announcer and Former NFL Quarterback

"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."

(Norman? Is he related to Albert? I guess we know who isn't a genius.)


2. Torrin Polk, University of Houston Wide Receiver

When asked about his coach John Jenkins, he said...

"He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings."

And next he's going to let them paint their fingernails.


3. Former New Orleans Saints RB George Rogers

“I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first”

Now I haven't been in a math class in 20-some odd years, but I do believe 1,000 still comes before 1,500.


4. Houston Oilers Head Coach Bill Peterson

"You guys line up alphabetically by height."

Bill also gets extra credit for these inspirational words:

"Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl."


5. Dick Butkus, Former Chicago Bears Linebacker

"I wouldn't ever set out to hurt anyone deliberately unless it was important -- like a league game."

Hey, at least he holds back in practice!


6. William Perry, Former Chicago Bears Defensive Tackle
"I've been big ever since I was little."

Hmmm... okay.


7. Jerry Rice, San Francisco 49ers Wide Receiver
"I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that."

Damn... you got us Jerry!


8. Lee Corso, College Football Analyst

"Hawaii doesn't win many games in the United States."

Here's a hint for you Lee... Hawaii is in the United States.


9. Bob Hoying, Ohio State Buckeyes Quarterback

After winning a Big Ten title for Ohio State...

"I'm really happy for Coach Cooper and the guys who've been around here for six or seven years, especially our seniors."

And the fourth grade was the best three years of his life!


10. Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, Former Dallas Cowboys Linebacker

Commenting on Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw’s intelligence...

“He couldn’t spell cat if you spotted him the C and the T.”

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Overview of Barclays Premier League

The Premier League (officially known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons, colloquially known as The Premiership), is an English professional league for football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The Premier League is currently contested by 20 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 38 games each.

Premier League
Country	England
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	20 February 1992
Divisions	1
Number of teams	20
Relegation to	The Championship
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Domestic cup(s)	FA Cup League Cup
UEFA cup(s)	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Current champions	Manchester United (2006–07)
Website	Premier League home page

The competition formed as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992 and the first games were played on 15 August that year, following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from The Football League to take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal; The Football League had served as England and Wales's primary football competition since 1888. Since then, the Premier League has become the world's most watched sporting league and the most lucrative football league, with combined club revenues of around £1.4 billion in 2005–06, which is expected to rise to around £1.8 billion for 2007–08, primarily due to rising media revenues. The league is a corporation with the 20 clubs acting as shareholders.

A total of 40 clubs have competed in the Premier League, but only four have won the title: Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Arsenal, and Chelsea. The current Premier League champions are Manchester United, who won their ninth title in the 2006–07 season, the most of any Premier League team.

The teams

The 22 inaugural members of the Premiership formed on 27-May-1992 were Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Everton, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, and Wimbledon.

Premier League members for 2007–08

The following 20 clubs are competing in the Premier League during the 2007–08 season.

Club	Position in 2006–07	First season in top division	First season of current spell in top division	Last title
Arsenala,b	4th	1904–05	1919–20	2003–04
Aston Villaa,b	11th	1888–89	1988–89	1980–81
Birmingham City	2nd, Championship	1893–94	2007–08	n/a
Blackburn Roversa	10th	1888–89	2001–02	1994–95
Bolton Wanderers	7th	1888–89	2001–02	n/a
Chelseaa,b	2nd	1907–08	1989–90	2005–06
Derby County	3rd, Championship	1888–89	2007–08	1974–75
Evertona,b	6th	1888–89	1954–55	1986–87
Fulham	16th	1949–50	2001–02	n/a
Liverpoola,b	3rd	1894–95	1962–63	1989–90
Manchester Citya	14th	1899–1900	2002–03	1967–68
Manchester Uniteda,b	1st	1892–93	1975–76	2006–07
Middlesbrougha	12th	1902–03	1998–99	n/a
Newcastle United	13th	1898–99	1993–94	1926–27
Portsmouth	9th	1927–28	2003–04	1949–50
Reading	8th	2006–07	2006–07	n/a
Sunderland	1st, Championship	1890–91	2007–08	1935–36
Tottenham Hotspura,b	5th	1909–10	1978–79	1960–61
West Ham United	15th	1923–24	2005–06	n/a
Wigan Athletic	17th	2005–06	2005–06	n/a
a = Founding member of the Premier League b = Played in every Premier League season

The competition

There are 20 clubs in the Premier League. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 38 games. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference, and then goals scored. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned champion. If points are equal, the goal difference and then goals scored determine the winner. If still equal, teams are deemed to occupy the same position. If there is a tie for the championship, for relegation, or for qualification to other competitions, a play-off match at a neutral venue decides rank. The three lowest placed teams are relegated into the Football League Championship and the top two teams from the Championship, together with the winner of play-offs involving the third to sixth placed Championship clubs, are promoted in their place.

Top Scorers

Players in the Premier League can compete for the informal competitions of Goal of the MonthGoal of the Season. Other titles players compete for include the top-scorer for a season. Former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer holds the record for most Premiership goals with 260. Shearer finished among the top ten goal scorers in 10 out of his 14 seasons in the Premier League and won the top scorer title three times. During the 1995–96 season he became the first player to score 100 Premier League goals.

All-time top scorers in the Premier League
(Premier League goals only)

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Alan Shearer	260
2	Andy Cole	187
3	Thierry Henry	174
4	Robbie Fowler	163
5	Les Ferdinand	149
6	Teddy Sheringham	146
7	Michael Owen[63]	131
8	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	127
9	Dwight Yorke[63]	123
10	Ian Wright	113

Since the first Premier League season in 1992–93, 11 different players have won or shared the top scorers title. Thierry Henry won his third consecutive and fourth overall scoring title by scoring 27 goals in the 2005–06 season. This surpassed Shearer's mark of three titles which he won consecutively from 1994–95 through 1996–97. Other multiple winners include Michael Owen and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink who have won two titles each. Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer hold the record for most goals in a season (34) — for Newcastle United and Blackburn Rovers respectively. Cole's record came in the 1993–94 season, while Shearer's came in 1994–95, both of which were 42-game seasons. Shearer's mark of 31 goals in 1995–96 remains the highest total in a 38-game season.

Manchester United became the first team to have scored 1,000 goals in this league after Cristiano Ronaldo scored, in a 4–1 defeat by Middlesbrough, in the 2005–06 season, having been the first team to have conceded a Premiership goal following the League's inception. Arsenal are the only other team to have reached the 1,000 goal mark. The highest-scoring match to date in the Premiership occurred on 29 September 2007 when Portsmouth defeated Reading 7–4.

Only two players have scored in each of the 16 Premiership seasons, Sheffield United player Gary Speed and Manchester United veteran Ryan Giggs, both former captains of the Wales national football team.

External links:

Official site:www.premierleague.com
livescores:foxsports
football news:premiershipglory
The sponcers:
barclays
espnstar
premiershipglory
4thegame
rediff

Top Ten Premier Leauge Goals

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IPL-All teams revealed-logos-jerseys-photos-videos-fixtures

The Indian Premier League (also known as the "DLF Indian Premier League"), is a Twenty20 cricket competition created by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and sanctioned by the International Cricket Council. To Know more about IPL and updates click here IPL-Billion Dollar Baby.

For IPL 2008 schedule click here

Icon Player will be paid at least 15% more than the costliest player within their respective franchise. The players' auction was held on February 20. The IPL placed icon status on a select few marquee Indian players. These players were Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar,Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag.

IPL-Cricket Ka Karmayudh(Promotional Video):






Bangalore Royal Challengers


Franchise Owner: Dr. Vijay Mallya and UB group.
Captain: Rahul Dravid.
Coach: Venkatesh Prasad.
Brought for: $111.6 million.
Total Purchase price(including players): $4,955,000.
Icon player: Rahul Dravid.
Costliest Player: Jacques Kallis at US $900,000.

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Chennai Super Kings


Franchise Owner: India Cements Ltd
Captain: MS Dhoni.
Coach: Kepler Wessels
Brought for: $91 million.
Total Purchase price(including players): $5,925,000
Icon player: Nil.
Costliest Player: MS Dhoni at US$ 1,500,000.

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Deccan Chargers-Hyderabad


Franchise Owner: Deccan Chronicle.
Captain: V. V. S Laxman.
Coach: Robin Singh.
Brought for: $ 107 million.
Total Purchase price(including players): $5,885,000
Icon player: Nil.
Costliest Player: Andrew Symonds at US $ 1,350,000.

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Delhi Daredevils

Franchise Owner: GMR Holdings.
Captain: Virender Sehwag.
Coach: Greg Shipperd.
Brought for: $84 million.
Total Purchase price(including players): $ 5,622,500.
Icon player: Virender Sehwag.
Costliest Player: Gautam Gambhir at US$ 725,000.

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Kolkata Knight Riders


Franchise Owner: Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, & Jai Mehta
Captain: Sourav Ganguly
Coach: John Buchanan
Brought for: $75.09 million.
Total Purchase price(including players): $6,022,500
Icon player: Sourav Ganguly
Costliest Player: Ishant Sharma at US$ 950,000

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Mumbai Indians


Franchise Owner:Reliance Industries Limited(Mukesh Ambani).
Captain: Sachin Tendulkar.
Coach: Lalchand Rajput.
Brought for: $111.9 million.
Total Purchase price(including players): $5,146,250
Icon player: Sachin Tendulkar.
Costliest Player: Sanath Jayasuriya at US$ 975,000.

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Punjab Kings
Franchise Owner: Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul & Mohit Burman
Captain: Yuvraj Singh.
Coach: Tom Moody.
Brought for: $76 million.
Total Purchase price(including players): $5,733,750
Icon player: Yuvraj Singh.
Costliest Player: Irfan Pathan at US$ 925,000.

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Rajasthan Royals


Franchise Owner: Emerging Media (Manoj Badale, Lachlan Murdoch, Suresh Chellaram)
Captain: Shane Warne.
Coach: Shane Warne.
Brought for: $67 million.
Total Purchase price(including players): $3,210,000
Icon player: Nil.
Costliest Player: Mohammed Kaif at US$ 675,000.

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For more info-updates-tickets-venues-visit:

IPL-official site

Cricinfo-IPL

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~Rajasthan Royals Squad~

Shane Warne Captain Age 38 years 180 days Playing role Bowler Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Legbreak googly		Ravindra Jadeja Age 19 years 96 days Playing role All-rounder Batting Left-hand bat Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Mohammad Kaif Age 27 years 101 days Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Right-arm offbreak		Kamran Akmal Age 26 years 58 days Batting Right-hand bat
Taruwar Kohli Age 19 years 85 days Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Right-arm medium		Justin Langer Age 37 years 111 days Playing role Opening batsman Batting Left-hand bat Bowling Right-arm medium
Dimitri Mascarenhas Age 30 years 133 days Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Right-arm fast-medium		Morne Morkel Age 23 years 157 days Playing role Bowler Batting Left-hand bat Bowling Right-arm fast
Pankaj Singh Age 22 years 310 days Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Right-arm medium-fast		Munaf Patel Age 24 years 243 days Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Right-arm medium-fast
Yusuf Pathan Age 25 years 115 days Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Right-arm offbreak		Anup Revandkar Age 20 years 107 days Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Right-arm fast
Graeme Smith Age 27 years 39 days Batting Left-hand bat Bowling Right-arm offbreak		Sohail Tanvir Age 23 years 90 days Batting Left-hand bat Bowling Left-arm medium-fast, Slow left-arm orthodox
Shane Watson Age 26 years 268 days Playing role All-rounder Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Right-arm fast-medium		Younis Khan Age 30 years 103 days Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Right-arm medium, Legbreak

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